Aristotle's lantern () The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins. |
Jack-o'-lantern (n.) See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. |
Lantern (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. |
Lantern (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. |
Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. |
Lantern (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light |
Lantern (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below). |
Lantern (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. |
Lantern (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. |
Lantern (n.) See Aristotle's lantern. |
Lantern (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern |
Lantern-jawed (a.) Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws |
Magic (a.) A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc. |
Magic (a.) Alt. of Magical |
Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling |
Slide (v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass inadvertently. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly |
Slide (v. t.) To slip when walking or standing |
Slide (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. |
Slide (v. t.) To cause to slide |
Slide (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly |
Slide (n.) The act of sliding |
Slide (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress. |
Slide (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding. |
Slide (n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down. |
Slide (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement. |
Slide (n.) That which operates by sliding. |
Slide (n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it. |
Slide (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides. |
Slide (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like. |
Slide (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like |
Slide (n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side |
Slide (n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. |
Slide (n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. |
Slide (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. |
Slide (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. |
Slide (n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide. |
Slide (n.) A slide valve. |
magic trick conjuring trick trick magic legerdemain conjuration thaumaturgy illusion deception | an illusory feat, considered magical by naive observers |
slide glide coast | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it, his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill, the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
lantern fly lantern-fly | large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light |
Chinese lantern | a collapsible paper lantern in bright colors, used for decorative purposes |
chute slide slideway sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
dark lantern bull's-eye | a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light |
felt-tip pen felt-tipped pen felt tip Magic Marker | a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker) |
hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
hurricane lamp hurricane lantern tornado lantern storm lantern storm lamp | an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds, candlestick with a glass chimney |
jack-o'-lantern | lantern carved from a pumpkin |
lantern | light in a transparent protective case |
lantern pinion lantern wheel | a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks |
magic bullet | a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease, there is no magic bullet against cancer |
magic lantern | an early form of slide projector |
magic realism | a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative or meticulously realistic painting are combined with surreal elements of fantasy or dreams |
photoelectric cell photoconductive cell photocell electric eye magic eye | a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
slide lantern slide | a transparency mounted in a frame, viewed with a slide projector |
slide microscope slide | a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study |
slide playground slide sliding board | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide |
slide fastener zip zipper zip fastener | a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
slide projector | projector that projects an enlarged image of a slide onto a screen |
slide rule slipstick | analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations, have been replaced by pocket calculators |
slide valve | valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port |
lantern jaw | a long thin lower jaw |
magic thaumaturgy | any art that invokes supernatural powers |
sorcery black magic black art necromancy | the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world |
white magic | magic used only for good purposes |
swoop slide | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale, the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides |
spell magic spell magical spell charm | a verbal formula believed to have magical force, he whispered a spell as he moved his hands, inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese |
slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. |
magic square | a square matrix ofrows and columns, the first n^ integers are arranged in the cells of the matrix in such a way that the sum of any row or column or diagonal is the same |
friar's lantern ignis fatuus jack-o'-lantern will-o'-the-wisp | a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground |
mescal button sacred mushroom magic mushroom | the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus, a source of psilocybin |
globe lily fairy lantern | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers |
white globe lily white fairy lantern Calochortus albus | globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers, southern California |
yellow globe lily golden fairy lantern Calochortus amabilis | globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers, northern California |
Chinese lantern plant winter cherry bladder cherry Physalis alkekengi | Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orangeed calyx |
jack-o-lantern fungus jack-o-lantern jack-a-lantern Omphalotus illudens | a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks, the gills are luminescent |
magic number | the atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: , , , , , or |
skid slip slue slew slide | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner, the wheels skidded against the sidewalk |
slither slide | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly, They slid through the wicket in the big gate |
slump slide down sink | fall or sink heavily, He slumped onto the couch, My spirits sank |
elapse lapse pass slip by glide by slip away go by slide by go along | pass by, three years elapsed |
slide | move smoothly along a surface, He slid the money over to the other gambler |
charming magic magical sorcerous witching(a) wizard(a) wizardly | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers, charming incantations, magic signs that protect against adverse influence, a magical spell, 'tis now the very witching time of night- Shakespeare, wizard wands, wizardly powers |
lantern-jawed | having a protruding jaw giving the face a gaunt appearance |
magically as if by magic | in a magical manner, it disappeared magically |